Supported by Texas Ballet Theater
made possible by a generous grant from Anne T. & Robert M. Bass

2023 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival
Preliminary Round Concert 1 I 2:30 PM
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Caruth Auditorium at SMU I Dallas, Texas USA


2:30 p.m. – Jan Schulmeister, 16, Czechia
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor
SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, op. 2, no. 1
BIZET–HOROWITZ Variations on a Theme from Carmen

2:52 p.m. – Saehyun Kim 김세현, 16, South Korea
BACH Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, op. 42, no. 5
SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, op. 2, no. 1
LISZT Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H

3:14 p.m. – Seoeun Lee 이서은, 14, South Korea
BACH Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880
CHOPIN Etude in G-sharp Minor, op. 25, no. 6
MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses, op. 54

20-MINUTE INTERMISSION

3:54 p.m. – Yiran Zhou 周怡然, 15, China
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor
KREISLER–RACHMANINOV Liebeslied
KREISLER–RACHMANINOV Liebesfreud

4:16 p.m. – Eddison Chen, 13, United States
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
LIGETI Etude No. 4 “Fanfares”
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1

4:38 p.m. – Zhonghua Wei 魏中华, 14, China
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 5 “Feux follets”
MEDTNER Sonata tragica, op. 39, no. 5